Bill Paxton’s family sues over death

THE family of the late American actor Bill Paxton are suing a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed a heart operation on him, asserting they are responsible for his premature death.

The 61-year-old died on February 25 last year, 11 days after he underwent heart surgery.

The actor's family is suing surgeon Ali Khoynezhad - as well as the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, where he performed the operation - for wrongful death, court documents obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram stated.

Bill Paxton pictured just two weeks before his death in February 2017. Picture: Paras Griffin/Getty Images

In the lawsuit, Paxton's family accuses Khoynezhad of carrying out an improper procedure that caused complications that ultimately resulted in the actor's death, while also blaming the hospital for inactivity.

"Bill Paxton and his family trusted the physicians and staff at this medical facility but instead Cedars-Sinai betrayed their trust," the family's lawyer Bruce Broillet said in a statement. "The surgeon's actions resulted in this tragic and preventable death."